PLAN of the Town of HILLSBOROUGH in Orange County NORTH CAROLINA

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PLAN of the Town of HILLSBOROUGH in Orange County NORTH CAROLINA
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Title:
PLAN of the Town of HILLSBOROUGH in Orange County NORTH CAROLINA
Cartographer:
Sauthier, Claude Joseph
Former owner:
George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Donor:
George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Name on Item:
Survey'd & Drawn in October 1768 By C,J, Sauthier.
Date:
1768
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Hillsborough (N.C.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Orange (county) > Hillsborough
Extent:
1 map : manuscript pen and ink, colour ; 43 x 53 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Scale:
Scale approximately 1:4,600
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01004987628
Notes:
Relief shown by shading.
With a scale of fathoms within the title at upper right.
With a short lettered key (A-E) within the title at upper right identifying the "Church", "Court House", "Goal", "Market House" and "Mills".
With a decorative compass arrow at upper left orienting north to the top of the map.
Shows roads, including "Road to the Quaker Settlement".
Shows a "Race Ground".
Shows the Eno River.
Titled "A drawn Plan of the Town of Hillsborough in Orange County, North Carolina; surveyed and drawn in Oct. 1768, by C.I. Sauthier" in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
Titled 'A "plan of the town of Hillsborough, in Orange county, North Carolina; surveyed and drawn in Oct., 1768, by C.J. Sauthier," on a scale of 62 fathoms to an inch: 1 f. 8 in. x 1 f. 5 in.' in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum.